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[http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/servicesolder.cfm Services to Older Adults] - ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) provides resources to library and information workers who serve traditionally underrepresented groups. These groups include older adults, among others. The OLOS website gathers resources from OLOS programs, and other units of ALA.

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[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/rss/rsssection/rsscomm/libraryservage/libraryservices.cfm Library Services to an Aging Population Committee] of the Reference Services Section (RSS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA, a division of ALA) of the American Library Association.

* Pre-White House Conference on Aging Forum - Final Report and Recommendations

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* [http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2005/december2005/whitehouseagingconf.cfm Library issues to play important role in upcoming White House Conference on Aging] -- Press release from OLOS Director Satia Orange dated December 6, 2005

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[http://gos.sbc.edu/s/simon.html "Gifts of Speech,"] Presentation To The United States Senate Special Committee On Aging, by Jeanne Hurley Simon, Chairperson, U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, at the forum "The Internet: Empowering Older Americans" - Washington, DC: July 16, 1998.

[http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/toolkits/olderadults.cfm Keys to Engaging Older Adults @ your library] - Released in Spring, 2010, "Keys to Engaging Older Adults @ your library" is the latest library outreach toolkit offered by the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services. Created in response to the concerns of librarians across the country who provide services for the growing numbers of older adults in their communities, this toolkit contains valuable advice on programming, accessibility concerns, finding funding, engagement and implementation, model programs, and more.

[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/rss/rsssection/rsscomm/libraryservage/sitesseniors.cfm Library Services to an Aging Population: Senior Sites on the Web]

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[http://transforminglifeafter50.org/about Transforming Life After 50: A Resource for Libraries] "The Transforming Life After 50 (TLA50) initiative, undertaken by the California State Library [beginning in 2007], was designed to help libraries better serve and engage midlife adults by positioning libraries as catalysts, resources, meeting places, and partners in creating opportunities for midlife adults to learn, teach, lead, build skills, re-career, and become civically-engaged."

[http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/presentations/Boomers_are_Coming.ppt The Boomers are Coming: Prepare for the New Age of Seniors - PowerPoint presentation (PPT; 1 MB)] - November 2009 SCR CONNECTions Presentation by Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region